Oppressor

Oppressor's style is low-tuned, death/grind metal, in the tradition
of New York bands such as
Malevolent Creation or
Suffocation,
though they originated from Chicago.
They managed to release three studio albums, plus a live mini-album
which also included their early "As Blood Runs" demo.
Around 1997 three-quarters of the band (all except Jim Stopper)
teamed up with another Chicago metaller (Shaun Glass, formerly of
Sindrome and
Broken Hope)
to form a side project, which became the heavy
alternative rock band Soil.
Eventually Soil became the full-time band for the members,
signalling the end of Oppressor.
Stopper, the lone non-Soil player, joined
Twelfth Gate.

Special thanks to DJ "Killa" for providing the opportunity to
review this band!